Today, I finished listening to an audio recording of Michael Frayn's novel Headlong, and began listening to Haruki Murakami's novel Kafka on the Shore. These are both authors that I adore-- Frayn for his brilliance writing plays (Copenhagen, Noises Off), Murakami for his always thrilling fiction (Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle). I greatly enjoyed Headlong, and listened in rapt attention for over four hours to Kafka on the Shore.

Any audio-book recommendations? Particularly good recordings, or just particularly great books? Good rule of thumb here is the longer the better, because my job is very boring which gives me ample time to listen.

Also: is there any reason why I shouldn't listen to (rather than actually read) Ulysses? Discuss.

Here's some syntactical oddness: when discussing actors' work, my preposition changes depending on the medium. For instance, I would say that Terry O'Quinn was in The Rocketeer, but that he is on Lost. Does this have to do with the fact that we say that programs are on television, where we tend to day that they're in movie theatres? How did this distinction develop anyway? We also say on radio. At least I do. Is this just me? No, it can't be. Is this worth my first blog post in six months?